Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-31

sch0olhouse. but one that would ru,
on so1ze city airs. two sto~fe- 40
and 3 Basement, 10 cost ret - -
Tires Thousand dollars. The srgT,r.r-li' Z
IN question vas q whole hlof.fr 81 t,r.eis.s
lots, containing uvev two zcreS. "a !
suitable part u the village a. Eept q
I miles from Seattle.
Do you have any sehools aa.
there" has often and ofter 49,
asked me b. strangers When traveIinS
with q confident expectation ~ reesiS.
ing 4 negative answer II il a far.
that most people 81 the Fast thfnF -
this region as 4 . osf-forxaken Dlare .
I without schools or ehurhes. withoui
society, and almost without the naIe ~
/ civilization, forgetting almost tbnt ~
Z are d the same blood. q the same
kith and kin a. those uearer Tier
Yet there are bat few places in ~
Z Territory unpr0gided with schooIs A.
Z sch00sbouses. Here the country So
I grown away from the present schooI-
house the center 81 population has
/ changed aud likewise increased 10 sueh
I an extent that the times inperatiyelv
u
Z you folks want % build a house. Won
shall have the land Is my share Il Won
viii build 4 coed one, and that vas
what the people had previously aeread
among themselves % do: so. after an
there wasn't much Of 4 tug about
the matter
and 50 the new schooIhouse viii be
4 hfEffa rsNsfra fsaW -
likewise for the future-a building
probably Of four rooms, capable Of ac-
eommOdating nearly three hundred
scholars One by one the old land
marks have 70 give way 70 the new. in
the march Of events nov progressing
and before Us. One BY one new school
houses. new churches, new society
halls spring into existence, as if BY
magic, in unexpected places, as the
country settles up. Old ones are torn
down or removed; larger and better
ones are built, showing the unmistaka-
bic thrift As well as enterprise Of the
inhabitants 81 this far-off, " God-for-
saken country Of Washington.
In a business letter received from a
gentleman in the northern portion Of
the Territory occurs the following: "
have recently purchased a farm, sixty
acres Of which is claimed % be good
hop land. shall try and get up your
way befsre long and obtain some fur
Their insight into that business, as /
expect 20 plant some hops in time"
Ny friend and correspondent viii be
more than welcome. ! viii eheeFfully
impart such information as | may pos
sess 10 give him some further insight
into that business, If ] can, and try
% point out the difficulties and dan
gers, as well as the brighter aspects
and features, OF such an undertaking.
A friend said to me, the other day
=" Why don't You talk more about
hops3 We don't hear much from you
on that score lately" The fact is, we
here in the hop region talk and /
think too much about hops; the peO-
pie Of this Territory are coming 10 the |
point Of depending too much upon 4
hops While / do not for moment /
believe the hop business has reached 1
its limit, and while | have affirmed /
time and again that it has been profit |
able and believe it will continue to be 4
nevertheless we can plainly /
see there Is Individual loss ahead, and 4
that il Is more prudent that we talk" 4
more Of the many other things that 4
are likewise profitable and permanent, I
and that VIII build us up as a self I
sustaining State.
have this year had cherries pay at l
the rate Of more per acre than hops at I
- cents per pound, and much more /
than the average obtained from hops. /
Frank, I think got as much profit out /
Of strawberries as from hops. Black +
berries will pay as much or more. 1
Raspberries are certain crop and 1
currants, goosebeTries-in 4
a word, all the hardy small fruits are /
not 10 say anything Of the 4
standard varieties, for which there is 1
an unlimited demand, and which yield /
so abundant and regular in this eli /
mate And is ii not better that we /
turn our attention more 10 these. and 1
less 10 the ore special crop, diversity /
ing our interests, thereby securing our |
selves from distress in times OF depres-
sion Of the one article7
ANY community that viii lay hold OF
al the various interests within their
reach will be more permanently pros
porous and happy more intelligent,
raise healthier and more intelligent
children, that viii make better citizens,
than one that drifts into the one rut'
and sticks 10 that alone mean 10
plant more fruit, raise more hogs, pro
duce more milk aud turn my attention
more TO those varied interests that re-
quire one % sharpen his wits 10 com
pete with progressive farmers else
where, rather than to confine myself
so much 70 the one interest